Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC), the nation's largest producer of construction aggregates, announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell the Company's cement and concrete businesses in the Florida area to Cementos Argos for gross cash proceeds of $720 million.

The Decorative Concrete Council (S11610), a specialty council of the American Society of Concrete Contractors (C4513), announced the winners of its 6th Annual Decorative Concrete Awards competition. The winners were recognized at a ceremony at WOC on Wednesday, Jan. 22.

Producers have always touted pre-cast concrete as a contractor-friendly building system. Often its design can eliminate extra work at the jobsite and boost safety and speed. So it's not surprising that the use of the Supranos Systems' patented precast concrete structural floor and roof system has...